PICO RIVERA – Detectives are asking for the public’s help in finding those responsible for a car-to-car shooting that left a Moreno Valley man dead early Monday.

Coroner’s spokesman Capt. Ed Winter identified the man as 21-year-old Alberto Rene Garcia. He said an autopsy could be done today.

“Based on what we see and the evidence, we believe there was another car,” said Lt. Dave Smith of the sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.

The incident happened around 3 a.m. Monday.

Smith said Garcia was heading south on Rosemead Boulevard crossing Rex Road when some type of confrontation occurred between Garcia and the occupants of another car, who then fired shots at his red Acura.

The Acura carrying the wounded Garcia continued south and crashed at Rosemead Boulevard and Slauson Avenue.

Residents in the neighborhood heard the gunshots.

Deputies from the sheriff’s Pico Rivera station responding to calls about a shooting and crash found the vehicle and Garcia. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Deputies also traced the path the car took and discovered bullet casings.

Investigators don’t have any description of the suspects or their vehicle. So far, they don’t have any witnesses to the shooting.

“No one saw the shooting, at least no one who has come forward,” Smith said.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.

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